Lou La Cava and Karen Mallin obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case
Lou La Cava and Karen Mallin obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in Polk County. The Plaintiff alleged the Defendant internal medicine physician was negligent in failing to properly evaluate, monitor, treat, and diagnose the patient with a retroperitoneal hematoma and liver disease resulting in his death. After an 8 day trial the jury returned a verdict finding there was no negligence that was a legal cause of the patient’s death.